On October 1, 2026, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission launched at 11:10 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Four crew members boarded the Dragon spacecraft, propelled by a Falcon 9 rocket: NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Joshua Kutryk, and Russian cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov from Roscosmos.
The Dragon headed toward the International Space Station (ISS) with an autonomous docking scheduled around 7 p.m., achieving the fastest launch-to-docking time ever reached by a US spacecraft to the ISS. This milestone highlights American capabilities in crewed spaceflight and the strength of commercial partnerships, according to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.
The mission aims to continue scientific work aboard the ISS while preparing for future lunar and Martian exploration. The nearly 7 hour and 50 minute flight was monitored in real time by SpaceX from California, while NASA managed operations control from Houston.
After docking, the astronauts will change their spacesuits to prepare for unloading equipment before opening the hatch to the ISS Harmony module around 8:45 p.m. NASA has planned a live broadcast of Crew-13’s arrival across multiple platforms.